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incursión en una de las grandes sagas de la Novela Negra con el Comisario Brunetti, Como me gusta empezar por el principio he ido a por el primer libro de la serie, que se remonta ay que creo que ya va por más delibros.


Muy al estilo Agatha Christie, con cianuro incluido, la primera mitad del libro muy plana, muy clásica, con su asesinato, y seguimiento de sospechosos, la segunda mitad mejora y es lo que me ha llevado a darle media estrella más.
Los personajes bien desarrollados, la localización en Venecia es un punto extra, El desenlace no me ha sorprendido del todo, pero justifica en gran medida muchos de los interrogatorios que se desarrollan a lo largo de la trama, y que hacen el libro lento al principio.

Sin ser nada excepcional, cumple, Intentaré seguir con los siguientes libros en orden cronológico, para ver como evoluciona, Before I get to the review part, can I ask a question of my Goodreads friends I know some of you probably speak Italian, so can someone please tell me how to properly pronounce "Fenice" With my years of French I automatically go with "Fenees", but I suspect the correct pronunciation might be "Fenneeche".
Whenever I have to say the title out loud I'm never sure if I'm saying it right and always end up waffling between the two options.
So it'd be nice if someone could tell me how to say

it right,

Okay, anyway. The story opens at the beginning of the third act of Traviata at the famous Fenice opera in Venice.
The conductor, a man named Wellauer, has been found dead of cyanide poisoning in his dressing room, There are plenty of what we'll call The Usual Suspects I watched Casablanca last night a much younger wife, a passionate soprano, a betrayed performer, and plenty of journalists and musicians who know way too many of the conductor's dirty secrets.
Enter police commissioner Brunetti, who has to figure out which of these people had the best reason to want the conductor dead.


To do this, he has to dig into Wellauer's past and try to figure out what kind of man he was.
This takes many chapters, and lots of interviews over the phone and in restaurants with a variety of people who worked with the conductor over the years.
The pace moves slowly, and there are very few major plottwisting revelations until the very end, where everything suddenly speeds up and I kept expecting Brunetti to put on his sunglasses and tell someone that This Shit Just Got Real.


The story is good, the writing is good, the setting is fantastic, and the mystery is fascinating it's because of the pace that this book gets four instead of five.
Maybe it's because I'm used to Agatha Christie, where we get a new startling revelation or clue every couple of chapters, but for some reason this story just dragged a little too much for my taste.
For instance, in a scene that's depressingly reminiscent of the infamous Vampire Baseball Scene in Twilight, an entire chapter of Death at La Fenice is devoted to Brunetti playing Monopoly with his family.
Sweet, but I wanted the story to focus on, ya know, the murder,

I read this because it's set in Venice, a city I've only been to on a dull rainy day in winter, but one I enjoyed visiting very much.
The damp only served to heighten the atmosphere and the lack of tourists gave us room to move and explore.
The novel does have some nice descriptions of Venice and the Venetians but otherwise I found the writing a bit stilted and the story somewhat predictable.


Comissario Guido Brunetti is the detective in charge of investigating the death of a famous German conductor half way through a performance of La Traviata.
He is an interesting character and consummate Italian who seems to be able to run the investigation his own way despite an overbearing boss and has a good feel for when people are telling him all they know or not.
The murdered conductor turns out to be a not very likeable man and I had trouble investing any energy into caring who was responsible for his death.
This is the first book in a popular series so it will be interesting to see if the series improves.

I finally, finally read this after legions of readers said Donna Leon was perfect for Louise Penny fans who were all caught up with Inspector Gamache.
In this first installment of the Commissario Brunetti mysteries, a renowned opera conductor is found dead in his dressing room, a victim of cyanide poisoning.
It's significant to the story that this is a particularly painful way to die,

As the investigation unfolds, it's clear the man had a dark past and many enemies, and that the perpetrator wanted to make his victim suffer.
But why

I was hooked on the premise and raced to the ending, Maybe it was the poison, but this felt very Agatha Christie to me, but it does have enough of the personal element to land with Penny, French, and Crombie fans.


Heads up for fans of atmospheric novels: critics call this "the next best thing to being in Venice.
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Death at La Fenice is an excellent place to begin with Donna Leon's novels, but there's no need to read this series in order.
Being Italian I enjoy detective novels set in Italy, For some reason, however, I had never tried Donna Leon until a week ago, I really enjoyed Bookof the Brunetti mystery series, A conductor is found dead between acts at the Venetian Opera House, La Fenice, during a performance of La Traviata.
It is fairly obvious that it was death by poisoning, but who had access to get the poison into the conductors cup of coffee There are plenty of clues, plenty of potential murderers and a lot of backstory about the conductor who apparently was a Nazi in his early life.
You get a pretty good flavor for Venice in this book, and it was interesting that it was Brunetti who solves the mystery with very few extra characters involved.
Oh we see a doctor here and there, two incompetent police detectives who barely appear in any more thanpages, a typical Italian police commissioner, and some flavor for Guido Brunetti's home and family life.
I felt the book moved effortlessly, that the characters were believable and that the solution to the crime was very interesting, even though I had sort of figured it out before Brunetti.
I now have a lot of Donna Leon's work on my Kindle and look forward to many an enjoyable evening curled up with her and Guido Brunetti.
Les amateurs d'opéra sont réunis à la fenice de Venise où ce soirlà, Wellauer, le célébrissime chef d'orchestre allemand, dirige La Traviata.
La sonnerie annonçant la fin de l'entracte retentit, les spectateurs regagnent leur place, les musiciens s'installent, les brouhahas cessent, tout le monde attend le retour du maestro.
Les minutes passent, le silence devient pesant, Wellauer n'est toujours pas là, . . il gît dans sa loge, mort, Le commissaire Guido Brunetti, aussitôt dépêché sur les lieux, conclut rapidement à un empoisonnement au cyanure, Le très respecté musicien avaitil des ennemis Dans les coulisses de l'opéra, Guido Brunetti découvre l'envers du décor.
The first in this longrunning series and Brunetti emerges fullyformed from the start with his humane efficiency, and his charming family.
The plot doesn't have the same emotional and politicized depths as some of the later books but the Venetian setting and immaculate writing make this stand out in an overcrowded crime marketplace.
Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to Venice's La Fenice, the city's premiere opera house, when the infamous maestro Helmut Wallhauer is found dead in his dressing room after intermission.
Brunetti must quickly solve this case as the victim's high profile creates added pressure on city officials to provide answers.


Brunetti is introduced in this first book of the series and he is an interesting study, His investigation style probably conforms with that of his city's culture, more of a laid back, meandering approach to getting answers without a clearly defined plan.
After having read so many murder and mayhem books of late, I found Guido Brunetti to be refreshing once I settled back, relaxed and convinced myself that there weren't going to be any serial killers here for now.
Brunetti's family is also quite interesting in their normalcy as well as with their individuality, His way of handling the incompetents around him was also an interesting study, Brunetti isn't perfect and that was evident in this story, I learned just enough about him to want more, The realm of suspects wasn't that large so it allowed me to delve into those characters as Brunetti uncovered information.
It was more of a challenge keeping up with those who provided the flavor,

Overall, I found the combination of an interesting character, the Italian setting and culture and a puzzling death made for a very pleasant reading experience.
I will definitely be continuing this series, .